ANNEXURE 'B'

SYLLABUS
ENGLISH (LANGUAGE & LITERATURE) (184)
Summative Assessment-II (2013-14)
CLASS –X
Division of Syllabus for Term I & II Total Weightage Assigned
Summative Assessment 30%
Section Marks
Reading 15
Writing 15
Grammar 15
Literature 25
Long Reading Text 10
Listening & Speaking 10

TOTAL 80+10 = 90

Formative Assessment 20%

TOTAL 90 50%

The Question Paper will include Value Based Question(s) from

Literature Section to the extent of 3-5 marks

Note:

1. The total weightage assigned to Summative Assessment (SA I & II) is 60%. The total
weightage assigned to Formative Assessment (FA1, 2, 3, & 4) is 40%. Out of the 40%
assigned to Formative Assessment, 10% weightage is assigned to conversation skills
(5% each in Term I & II) and 10% weightage to the Reading Project (at least 1 Book is
to be read in each term and the Project will carry a weightage of 5% in each term).

 Formative Assessment 4 has been replaced by Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) to be

conducted by CBSE

2. The Summative Assessment I and Summative Assessment II is for ninety marks. Ten
marks of listening and speaking test will be added in the 80 marks Summative
Assessment paper ie 80+10 = 90 marks in each semester. The weighatge assigned to
Summative Assessment I is 30% and the weightage assigned to Summative Assessment
II is 30%.

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SECTION A: READING 15 Marks
30 periods

Qs 1-3. This section will have three unseen passages of a total length of 600 words. The
arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
Q. 1 A Factual passage of 200 words with Five MCQs out of which One will test Vocabulary.
5 marks
Q. 2. A Discursive passage of 200 words with Five MCQs out of which one will test vocabulary.
5 marks
Q. 3. This passage may be an extract from a poem or a literary passage. There will be
Five Supply Type Questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis out of which one will test
vocabulary. The passage, if prose, will be of 200 words or 14 lines of a poem. 5 marks

SECTION B: WRITING 15 Marks

Periods 40
Q. 4. Letter Writing: Any One out of (a) informal letter/e mail
(b) formal letter/e mail
in about 120 words based on verbal stimulus and context provided. 5 marks

Q. 5. Writing a debate or an article or a speech based on visual or verbal stimulus in 120 –150 words.
5 marks
Q. 6. Writing a short composition in the form of story or report for a school magazine in
120- 150 words 5 marks

SECTION C: GRAMMAR 15 Marks

45 periods
This section will assess Grammar items in context for 15 marks.

 This section will carry five questions of three marks each

 Out of five questions two questions (question 7 and 8) carrying 6 marks will have MCQs
of three marks each .The text types for MCQs will include:
Q. 7. Gap filling
Q. 8. Sentence completion/ Dialogue Completion
Questions 9, 10 and 11 (carrying 3 marks each i.e. total 9 marks) will be based on
response supplied by students. (Supply Type Questions)
Q. 9. Sentence reordering
Q. 10. Editing/ Omission
Q. 11. Sentence transformation (including combining sentences)

The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class IX:

Tenses, Modals (have to/had to, must, should, need, ought to and their negative
forms), Use of passive voice, Subject – verb concord,
Reporting
(i). Commands and requests
(ii). Statements
(iii). Questions
Clauses:
(i) Noun clauses
(ii) Adverb clauses of condition and time
(iii) Relative clauses
Determiners, and Prepositions
Note: No separate marks are allotted for any of the grammar items listed above.
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SECTION D: TEXTBOOKS and LONG READING TEXTS 35 Marks
95 Periods
First Flight and Footprints without Feet (NCERT)
Q. 12. One extract from prose for reference to context. Three very short answer questions.
3 marks
Q. 13. One extract from poetry or a play for reference to context. Three very short answer
questions.
3 marks
Q. 14. One reference to context stanza (based on poetry) followed by 3 questions to test local
and global comprehension of the set text. 3 marks
These passages would require effort on the part of the students to supply the responses
Up to one mark in each extract will be for vocabulary. At least one question will be used for
testing local and global comprehension and one question will be on interpretation.

Q.15. Six short answer type questions from First Flight and Footprints without Feet
(three from each) to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (30-40 words
each)—2 marks each. 2x6 = 12marks
Q.16. One long answer type question to assess how the values inherent in the texts
have been brought out (First Flight and Footprints without Feet). Creativity,
imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed.
(80- 100 words) 4 marks
Novel/ Long Reading Text 5+5=10 marks
Q. 17. Type of Questions:
Global question on theme, plot involving interpretation and inference 5 marks
Q. 18. One out of two character sketches in about 100 words 5 marks
Prescribed Books
1. First Flight – Textbook for Class X NCERT, Sri Aurobindo Marg,
2. Footprints without Feet – Supplementary Reader for Class X New Delhi.

Novel/ Long Reading Text

 Diary of a Young Girl – 1947 By Anne Frank (unabridged edition)
1 SA-I June 12, 1942 to March, 1944
2 SA-II March 16, 1944 to August 01, 1944

OR
 The Story of My Life – 1903 By Helen Keller(unabridged edition)
3 SA – I Chapters – 1-14
4 SA-II Chapters – 15-23

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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE COURSE
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (2013-14)
CLASS X
Textbooks
Literature Reader
Summative Assessment – I Summative Assessment - II

PROSE (First Flight)

1. A Letter to God 1. Glimpses of India
2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 2. Mijbil the Otter
3. Two Stories about Flying 3. Madam Rides the Bus
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank 4. The Sermon at Benares
5. The Hundred Dresses -I 5. The Proposal
6. The Hundred Dresses -II

POETRY
1. Dust of Snow 1. Animals
2. Fire and Ice 2. The Trees
3. The Tiger in the Zoo 3. Fog
4. How to Tell Wild Animals 4. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
5. The Ball Poem 5. For Anne Gregory
6. Amanda

Supplementary Reader (Footprints without

Feet)
1. A Triumph of Surgery 1. The Making of a Scientist
2. The Thief’s Story 2. The Necklace
3. The Midnight Visitor 3. The Hack Driver
4. A Question of Trust 4. Bholi
5. Footprints without Feet 5. The Book that Saved the Earth
Long Reading Text – Novels
Diary of a Young Girl – 1947 Diary of a Young Girl – 1947
(unabridged edition)June 12, 1942 to March 14, 1944 (unabridged edition)
By Anne Frank (unabridged edition) March 16, 1944 to August 01, 1944
By Anne Frank (unabridged edition)
OR OR
The Story of My Life – 1903 The Story of My Life – 1903
(unabridged edition)Chapter 1-14 (unabridged edition)
By Helen Keller (unabridged edition) Chapter 15-23
By Helen Keller (unabridged edition)

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 SAMPLE QUESTIONS
ENGLISH (Language and literature)
SA II (March-2014)
CLASS-X

READING
1 Read the passage given below and write the option that you consider the most 5
appropriate in your answer sheets.
About the year, a small, dark haired boy named Charles Chaplin was often seen
waiting outside the back entrances of London theaters. He looked thin and hungry but
his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could
sing and dance. His parents were music-hall performers and he had been born into the
life of the theater. And, although his own boyhood was painfully hard, he knew how
to make people laugh. His own father had died from drinking too much. And his
mother was not really able to look after Charles and his older half-brother,Sid. She
was often sick in mind and had to be sent into hospital. When Charles could not get
work, he wandered about the city streets. He found food and warmth wherever he
could. Sometimes he was sent away to an orphanage-that is a boarding school for
children who had no parents. It was cold and unfriendly there and the children were
punished for the slightest fault. He hated it there.
(1) His blue eyes were determined means_________________
(i) He was clear about his goal.
(ii) He had dark blue eyes.
(iii) His eyes had a frightened look.
(iv) He had sad eyes.
(2) His parents were _______________________
(i) Music hall performers.
(ii) Singers
(iii) Theater performers.
(iv) Actors
(3) His father had died due to ______________________
(i) an illness
(ii) excessive drinking
(iii) an accident
(iv) old age
(4) Charles was sent to an orphanage because he was found ____________
(i) stealing
(ii) crying
(iii) wandering the streets.
(iv) begging
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 (5) Trace a word from the passage that means “A building with a stage on which
shows and plays are performed.”
(i) Orphanage
(ii) Theater
(iii) City streets
(iv) Boarding school

2 Read the passage given below and write the option that you consider the most 5
appropriate in your answer sheets.
Fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothing worn by a large number of
people in a country. However, popular styles of furniture, homes and many other products are
also fashions. Thus, a fashion is or elects a form of behavior accepted by most people in a
society.
A fashion remains popular for a few months or years and then another fashion takes its place.
A product or activity is in fashion or is fashionable during the period of time that many a
people in society accept it. After a time, however, the same product or activity becomes old
fashioned when the majority of people no longer use it. A clothing style may start as a
fashion, but its use becomes a custom if it is handed down from generation to generation.
Today, wearing long trousers is a custom for men in most countries. But changes in the color
and shape of trousers have taken place through the years.

(1) Fashion can be defined as _________________________

(i) a style of clothing
(ii) a style of decorating homes
(iii) a behavior pattern exhibited and accepted by the society
(iv) style of living
(2) Old fashioned means _________________________
(i) something which is old
(ii) a behavior or style that has become outdated
(iii) old people
(iv) people who like old clothes
(3) The word customs means ______________________
(i) A style
(ii) A new trend
(iii) A practice followed for years
(iv) Fashion
(4) Men in most countries wear _____________________________
(i) Short pants
(ii) Shirts
(iii) Long pants
(iv) Pyjamas
(5) Trace a word from the extract which means “people in general”
(i) Country
(ii) Society
(iii) Custom
(iv) generation

3. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 5

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 Out in the dark over the snow
The fallow fawns invisible go
With the fallow doe;
And the winds blow
Fast as the stars are slow.
Stealthily the dark haunts round
And, when the lamp goes, without sound
At a swifter bound
Than the swiftest hound,
Arrives, and all else in drowned;
And star and I and wind and deer
Are in the dark together ,--near,
Yet far,- and fear
Drums on my ear
In that sage company drear.

How weak and little is the light,

All the universe of sight,
Love and delight,
Before the might,
If you love it not, of night.
Questions:-
1. The wind has been compared to __________
2. Where do the fawns become invisible?
3. Who are living together in the dark?
4. Write the rhyming words from the first extract.
5. Trace a word from the extract that means “gloomy”

WRITING
1. In all the metropolitan cities of India, a number of terrorist activities are increasing day by 5
day. Needless to say that everyone should be aware in their surrounding for any unclaimed
things like briefcase, radio, tiffin, bag etc. which may be bomb. Write a letter to the editor of
national daily requesting him to give more space for the awareness posters, articles in the
paper on this issue. You are Manu/ Miki living at 785, Moradabad.

2. Prices of all the commodities are increasing day by day and it is difficult for the common man 5
to maintain the monthly budget. The govt is trying to control the prices but it has failed. Write
an article in 120 words on “Price hiking “and give the suggestions how to control it.

3. You are the prefect of your school and you have been asked to prepare a speech for 5
the morning assembly on the issue “Safety for women in Delhi”. Write your speech in
120 words.

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4. Your school celebrated the “NO Tobacco Day “in your school. On this occasion a number of 5
activities were performed by the students and the teachers which were helpful to convey the
message about the harmful effect of smoking. Write a report in about 120 words.

Complete the following story

One day I was coming from the school. On the way when I reached near the temple I
saw that _____________________________________

GRAMMAR
1. Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most 1x3=3
appropriate word/words from the given options.
One morning, Shubham’s mother (a)___________(get) worried when he
(b)__________(not take) the lunch. She asked him what the matter (c)________ (be).
He told that he was not feeling well in the night due to the headache.

(a)
i) got
ii) gets
iii) is getting
iv) are getting

(b)
i) is not taking
ii) has not taken
iii) had not taken
iv) was not taking

(c)
i) was
ii) is
iii) being
iv) were

2. Complete the dialogue by choosing the correct alternative from those given 1x3=3
below. Write only your answers in the answer sheet against the correct blank
number.
Radhika : Hi! Rashmi Do you know that the school picnic to Nainital has been
cancelled ?
Rashmi : No, I don’t know (a)____________________________________.
Radhika : Our school principal is worried about our safety.
Rashmi : (b)_____________________________________________.
Radhika : Because (c)__________________________________________ during
the last five days in Nainital.
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 (a)
i) why is the picnic being cancelled ?
ii) why has the picnic been cancelled ?
iii) why was the picnic being cancelled ?
iv) why will the picnic cancelled ?

(b)
i) why is she worried ?
ii) why has she worried ?
iii) why was she worried ?
iv) why will she be worry ?

(c)
i) it will be raining heavily
ii) it was raining heavily
iii) it is raining heavily
iv) it has been raining heavily

3. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful 1x3=3
sentences as given in the example.
Example:-- Delhi/ very common/are/ like/in big/road accidents/cities.
Road Accidents are very common in big cities like Delhi.

(a) Are killed/ accidents/daily/in/road/many/people.

(b) is/a/road/ the /the/great/there/rush/on/time/morning/in.
(c) people/ hurry/ are/ to go / many/offices/to their/ in a.

4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against 3
which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your
answer sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to
underline the word that you have supplied.

Students are generally immature in his mental e.g. his---------their

faculties. They are rash and hot-blood. (a) --------------------
They are not suppose to be wise and balanced (b) --------------------
in their judgment. His active participation (c) --------------------
in politics can lead to dangerous consequences.

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5. Do as directed. 1x3=3
(a) One should keep one’s promise. ( Change the voice)
(b) That kind of joke does not amuse me.(Interchange of one part of speech for another)
(c) We must finish this exercise. There are still three sentences.( Use Infinitive)

TEXT BOOKS

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 1x3=3
They crossed a catlle bridge and entered Dekabari Tea Estate. On both sides of the
gravel-road were acres upon acres of tea bushes , all neatly pruned to the same height.
Groups of tea pluckers, with bamboo baskets on their backs, wearing plastic aprons,
were plucking the newly sprouted leaves.
Pranjol’s father slowed down to allow a tractor, pulling a trailer-load of tea leaves to
pass.” This is the second flush or sprouting period, isn’t it, Mr. Barua? Rajvir asked.
“It lasts from May to July and yields the best tea.”

Questions:-
(a) How can the tea pluckers be recognised in the farms?
(b) Which time is the best for the tea plucking?
(c) Trace a word from the passage that means “measure of land”.

2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 1x3=3
Standing at the front door was every bit as enjoyable as any of the elaborate games
other children played. Watching the street gave her many new unusual experience.
The most fascinating thing of all was the bus that travelled between her village and
the nearest town. It passed through her street each hour, once going to the town and
once coming back. The sight of the bus, filled each time with a new set of passengers,
was a source of unending joy for Valli.

Questions:-
(a) How was Valli different from other children?
(b) Where did the bus travel?
(c) Trace a word from the passage that means “extremely interesting”

3. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. 1x3=3
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
The mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
Lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.

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 Questions
(a) “Not One” is referred to in the extract.
(b) How does the poet compare the animals to the human beings?
(c) Make the noun form of the verb “ dement”
4. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each. 2x6=12
(a) What was the routine of Mij in London?
(b) “ Coorg is a treasure of natural beauty “ Describe.
(c) How did the baker maintain his account?
(d) What do you know about Bishambar? Give the details from the text.
(e) How was the lawyer treated in the office when he returned back?
( f) Why did Matilda not want to go to the ball?
5. Answer the following question in 80-100 words (Value Based Question). 4
“The world is afflicted with death and decay, therefore the wise do not weep,
knowing the terms of the world.” Do you think that the statement is appropriate for
today’s life? Write your own experience in reference with this context.

OR
“Richard Ebright had all the qualities of a scientist and he proved it” Every student
has his own qualities and abilities. Do you have the qualities and abilities like Ebright,
if yes, mention them. If not, what type of qualities do you have and why?

LONG READING TEXT

(a)
1. Anne had taken a book from the library with the title of “ What do you think of the modern 5
young girl?” What description was made by Anne in her diary about this book?

2. Do you think that Anne has outstanding character, which strikes everyone who knows 5
her ? Describe in reference to the novel.

(b)
3. What is Helen’s favorite past time and favorite amusement when she is not reading? 5

4. Write the character sketch of Bishop Brooks. 5